Comments on: The Ignorance of Climate Change Reporters is Breathtaking http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: ThePolitic.com » Last Night in a Radio Ad: Forest Fires Caused By Climate Change http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182031 ThePolitic.com » Last Night in a Radio Ad: Forest Fires Caused By Climate Change Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:03:43 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182031 [...] had consoled myself when I read the article I commented on last week, that at least it was an off-the-cuff remark, maybe they just hadn’t done their due diligence [...] [...] had consoled myself when I read the article I commented on last week, that at least it was an off-the-cuff remark, maybe they just hadn’t done their due diligence [...]

]]> By: philanthropist http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182020 philanthropist Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:55:40 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182020 It's unfortunate that we have 'journalism' schools that graduate 22 year olds who believe it's their mission to 'educate and enlighten' the ignorant, they may know how to spin stories for editors, but they're not very inquisitive and that combined with a shallow depth of knowledge and experience ultimately makes their tales boring. Nothing can be taken at face value so you might as well listen to the loudmouth at the bar rant about politics. It’s unfortunate that we have ‘journalism’ schools that graduate 22 year olds who believe it’s their mission to ‘educate and enlighten’ the ignorant, they may know how to spin stories for editors, but they’re not very inquisitive and that combined with a shallow depth of knowledge and experience ultimately makes their tales boring. Nothing can be taken at face value so you might as well listen to the loudmouth at the bar rant about politics.

]]> By: John VandenBrink http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182007 John VandenBrink Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:32:02 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182007 Well, tempers flaring is a source of man-made global warming. Well, tempers flaring is a source of man-made global warming.

]]> By: Shane Edwards http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182005 Shane Edwards Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:13:57 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182005 It's right back to the "climate change causes everything" mentality. More fires - must be global warming. Mountain pine beetle - must be global warming. Melting ice sheets - must be global warming. No science to back it up, just assumptions that raise the stress levels of everyone with no basis in fact. It’s right back to the “climate change causes everything” mentality.

More fires - must be global warming. Mountain pine beetle - must be global warming. Melting ice sheets - must be global warming. No science to back it up, just assumptions that raise the stress levels of everyone with no basis in fact.

]]> By: Abattoir http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182003 Abattoir Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:48:24 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182003 I'm not exactly clear why you're calling this 'breathtaking', Shane. The reporter didn't claim that the boreal forests in Western Canada are burning because of climate change, but rather that boreal forests in general are expected to do so more frequently. Boreal fires in Western Canada may be growing more frequently also because of natural cyclical trends, but the reporter was speaking of general trends. Are you simply taking exception to a reporter who suggests that scientists believe something will happen due to climate change? I’m not exactly clear why you’re calling this ‘breathtaking’, Shane. The reporter didn’t claim that the boreal forests in Western Canada are burning because of climate change, but rather that boreal forests in general are expected to do so more frequently.

Boreal fires in Western Canada may be growing more frequently also because of natural cyclical trends, but the reporter was speaking of general trends.

Are you simply taking exception to a reporter who suggests that scientists believe something will happen due to climate change?

]]> By: marklar http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-182001 marklar Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:06:41 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-182001 I don't think it was necessary to put "Climate Change" into the title. I don’t think it was necessary to put “Climate Change” into the title.

]]> By: Steve Thompson http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/07/04/the-ignorance-of-climate-change-reporters-is-breathtaking/#comment-181999 Steve Thompson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:56:29 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3380#comment-181999 "When exactly did reporters begin to leave out the “investigative” part of their job?" When Stephane Dion came into office. “When exactly did reporters begin to leave out the “investigative” part of their job?”

When Stephane Dion came into office.

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